Robertsfors
Place in Västerbotten, Sweden
64°12′N 20°51′E / 64.200°N 20.850°E / 64.200; 20.850[1]
(31 December 2010)[1]
Robertsfors is a locality and the seat of Robertsfors Municipality in Västerbotten County, Sweden with 2,004 inhabitants in 2010.[1]
Robertsfors is named after the Scotsman Robert Finlay, who, together with John Jennings, founded an ironworks there in 1751.
Well known people from Robertsfors
- Maria Andersson, musician, member of Sahara Hotnights
- Josephine Forsman, musician, member of Sahara Hotnights and Casablanca
- Jennie Asplund, musician, member of Sahara Hotnights
- Johanna Asplund, musician, member of Sahara Hotnights
- Frida Hyvönen, musician
- Jennifer Granholm, second-generation descendant of Swedish Canadian emigrants from Robertsfors, where her great-grandfather was mayor
References
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- ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
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